CABLE NEWS. THE LATEST.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXI, Issue 7916, 2 October 1909, Page 3

CABLE NEWS. THE LATEST.

HOME AND FOREIGN. « United Press Association —Per Electric Telegraph—Copyright. MR CHAMBERLAIN'S HEALTH, i LONDON, October 1. . Mr Joseph Chamberlain maintains the improvement lately noticeable in his health. He visited Mr Jesse Collings, who is still an invalid* THE BRITISH REVENUE. The quarterly, .returns axs as fol-| lows: Revenue, £29,721,194; Customs, £8,846,000; excise duty, £7&& mo' stamps, £2,000,00(1, THE PROTECTION W SHIPPING. Received October 2, 11.30 a.m. LONDON, October 1. The Capo Assembly, in opposition to the, vie\v of Mr Merriman (the Premier^ recommended the erection of an additional lighthouse between Capetown and Cape Point. AMERICA'S MERCANTILE MARINE. NEW YORK, October 1. > President Taft, speaking at Seattle, promised to do his utmost to induce Congress to legislate in favour of the restoration of the mercantile marine. SENSATIONAL SUICIDE. PARIS, October 1. A sensational suicide has happened an' Paris. A girl, after quarrelling with her sweetheart, a lion tamer at ibhe Theatre Moncey, infuriated the lions with a whip,' and then thrust the upper part of her body through the bars of their cage.